Federal funding for medicine + MIT football + replacing palm oil

By rahmat hidayat

Senin, 29 September 2025

view in browser MIT Daily September 29, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Federal Funding for Medicine A study co-authored by MIT researchers finds over 50 percent of small-molecule drug patents approved by the FDA this century cite at least one piece of NIH-backed research. “Deep cuts to the NIH risk that foundation and therefore endanger the development of medicines that might be used to treat us, or our kids and grandkids, 20 years from now,” says Professor Danielle Li. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines An AI system learns from many types of scientific information and runs experiments to discover new materials The new “CRESt” platform could help find solutions to real-world energy problems that have plagued the materials science and engineering community for decades. Full story via MIT News → Teamwork in motion Friendly competition and a love of spreadsheets helped get Aero and Astro running teams over the finish line at Ragnar Reach the Beach. Full story via MIT News → The swashbuckling scientist When Alfred E. Burton was appointed MIT’s first dean in 1902, he was already known for leading research expeditions to the Arctic and the jungle. Full story via MIT Technology Review→ #ThisisMIT Follow @MITnews on Facebook→ In the Media Best US college rankings revealed // Newsweek MIT has been named the No. 2 college in the country in U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking.  Full story via Newsweek→ Terra Oleo’s oil-producing microbes could replace palm oil plantations // TechCrunch Boon Uranukul PhD ’19 co-founded Terra Oleo, a startup working to “develop microbes that can transform agricultural waste into a variety of oils. The company selected three yeast species based on the microbes’ abilities to produce certain oils when fed with organic waste, including from agriculture and biodiesel production. It then used genetic and metabolic engineering to boost and tune their ability to produce certain fats and triglycerides.”  Full story via TechCrunch→ Happenings A selection of this week’s community events: — Tuesday, Sept. 30, 6 p.m. | MIT Museum presents “Cosmic Coda” Film Screening — Friday, Oct. 3, 6 p.m. | MIT D-Lab presents “Design for Our Lives: Uganda × Tanzania × MIT D-Lab” Film Screening — Friday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m. | MIT Music and Theater Arts presents The Boston Trio and Marcus Thompson: A Ruehr Retrospective — Saturday, Oct. 4, 2-5 p.m. | MIT Open Space Programming presents Fall Party — Saturday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. | MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the deFlorez Fund for Humor present Stand-Up Comedy Live Featuring Atsuko Okatsuka More happenings via MIT Events→ This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by where space really begins. 🚀 Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day! —MIT News Forward This Email Subscribe This email was sent to rh3252705.pese@blogger.com because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. subscribe update preferences unsubscribe view in browser MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA

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